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Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

This is the 17th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conser­vatory-trained viola...

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

By Jonathan Thomas, The Stem Cellar | 06.01.2015
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CIRM’s mission is to accelerate the delivery of stem cell treatments to patients with unmet medical needs. In...

By Matthew Herper, Forbes | 06.01.2015
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Invitae, the bold little company run by genomics veteran Randy Scott, today announced that it will offer any...

By William Ledger, The Age [Australia] | 05.31.2015
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All too frequently, I am faced with breaking bad news to disappointed couples in their early 40s who...

By Louis Doré, The Independent | 05.31.2015
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An NHS fertility doctor has called on the Education Secretary to include fertility lessons in the national curriculum...

By Mirah Riben, Dissident Voice | 05.30.2015
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The despair of wanting a child you are unable to produce naturally has led to a multi-billion dollar...

By Ellie Kincaid, Business Insider [Australia] | 05.29.2015
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“Test tube babies” are not that rare these days.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that...

By Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post | 05.29.2015
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The FBI has notified crime labs across the country that it has discovered errors in data used by...

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 05.29.2015
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Seven years ago, Congress prohibited employers and insurers from discriminating against people with genes that increase their risks...